Joseph Bishara became engrossed in horror film scores after watching the silent film The Cabinet of Dr Caligari of 1920 and the 1922 horror classic Nosferatu.
17 Facts About Joseph Bishara
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Joseph Bishara began to be the subject of more media attention with the Wan-directed film Insidious in 2011.
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The New York Times film critic Mike Hale remarked that Joseph Bishara's score helped the film recover from some of its negative attributes such as "pedestrian camerawork".
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The score was performed by a string quartet accompanied by Joseph Bishara producing sounds on a rusted piano using hammers, files, and other "experimental instruments" of his design.
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Joseph Bishara began sending completed recordings to Wan as he was editing the film so Wan could work the score into the film according to the structure he desired.
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Joseph Bishara acted in the film, portraying a demon that served as the film's main antagonist.
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Joseph Bishara then reunited with Wan to compose the music for The Conjuring.
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Joseph Bishara portrays an entity named Bathsheba in the film.
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Joseph Bishara composed the music for the sequel to Insidious, Insidious: Chapter 2, but did not return to portray the demon.
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In 2014, Bishara scored the John R Leonetti horror film Annabelle, for which he received an ASCAP Top Box Office Films award.
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Joseph Bishara scored the music for the 2016 horror thriller The Other Side of the Door and returned to work with Wan, composing for The Conjuring 2 and appearing in the film as an entity named the "Winged Creature".
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Joseph Bishara scored the 2018 installment in the Insidious film series, Insidious: The Last Key.
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Joseph Bishara announced in August 2018 that his label, Void Recordings, would release a 27-track compilation of developmental and unreleased music from the Insidious film series, More Music From the Further.
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Joseph Bishara compared it to works by Tangerine Dream and John Carpenter, and said it bore elements of classical, early goth, and industrial music.
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In 2015, Joseph Bishara helped produce the song "Shroud" on rapper Tech N9ne's album Special Effects.
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Joseph Bishara worked with Tech N9ne in 2018 to produce and co-write the song "Brightfall" for the Planet album.
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Joseph Bishara portrayed Bathsheba in The Conjuring, and demonic creatures in The Conjuring 2 and the Annabelle film series.